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CLUSTERS     OF    MONUMENTS 

WITH  THE  LEAST  TROUBLE, 

Wiih  the  established  rules  for  the  preserraiion  of  the  Cemetery, 
purchase  of  Lots,  and  other  concerns. 

EIGHTH    EDlTIOHr. 


ENGRAVED  PLAN  OF  THE  CEMETERY. 


PUBLISHED  BY  NATHANIEL  S.  DEARBORN, 

No.    %\    School   Street, 

BOSTON. 


TOWER    OR    OBSERVATORY. 


This  beautiful  structure,  erected  during  the  past  year,  at  a 
cost  of  $19,000,  stands  on  the  summit  of  Mt.  Auburn.  It  is 
built  of  fine  hammered  Granite,  the  stones  extending  through 
the  wall,  and  being  squared  on  all  sides,  renders  it  very  durable. 

It  is  sixty  feet  in  height,  affording  a  fine  panoramic  view  of 
the  Cemetery  and  surrounding  country. 

It  is  formed  on  the  general  plan  of  some  of  the  round  towers 
of  the  feudal  ages,  and  contains  a  gallery,  battlements,  and  a 
spiral  staircase. 


DIRECT  GUIDE 

THROUGH  MT.  AUBURN  CEMETERY. 

Tlie   front  line   of  the   Cemelery  is  East  to  West, — and  Central  Avenue  fronting  the 
gale,  is  from  llie  North  to  the  South. 
The  G3  engravinars  of  the  Mausoleums  are  to  be  met  with,  progressively,  as  named  in 
this  (Urect  guide,  viz  :    Spurzheim's  being  first,  and  that  of  Samuel  Story,  Jr.,  last. 

Fiom  the  gate,  advance  in  front  up  Central  Ave.  and  on  the  left,  on  an 
elevated  plot  is  the  monument  to  Spurzheim,  and  a  little  farther,  is  the 
metal  bronzed  statue  of  Bowditch,  in  a  sitting  posture  ;  then  turn  to  the 
west  into  Chapel  Avenue,  and  view  the  beautiful  Temple  appropriated 
to  the  saufctuary  services  of  the  grave  :  pass  on  into  Pine  Avenue,  and 
there  are  the  Shaw  and  Dorr  monuments ;  continue  Pine  Avenue  to  the 
north-west,  which  leads  to  Green  Brier  and  Yarrow  Paths,  and  there  are 
the  monuments  to  Fisher,  Haughton,  Fessenden,  Channing,  Curtis, 
Turner,  Bangs,  the  sculptured  child  of  Binney,  Doane,  Gossler,  Allen, 
witli  numerous  other  pillars  and  obelisks  to  meet  the  eye;  after  this 
examination  turn  into  Heliotrope  and  Heath  Paths,  for  Sculpture  of 
Gardner's  child,  monument  of  Wm.  Appleton,  and  the  splendid  mauso- 
leum of  two  fronts  to  Dr.  Binney ;  Armstrong,  Shattuck's  Boy ;  pass 
into  Fir  Avenue  at  the  west,  and  view  the  Magoun  monument  of  Moth- 
er and  daughter ;  then  turn  to  the  south,  where  are  the  monuments  to 
Torrey,  Mrs.  N.  P.  Willis,  Bates,  Lincoln,  Pickens,  and  many  others; 
pass  through  Fir  Avenue  to  the  south,  crossing  Spruce  Avenue,  curv- 
ing to  the  southeast,  and  then  turn  to  the  right  hand  into  Walnut 
Avenue,  and  at  the  right  hand,  are  Elder,  Pilgrim  and  Snowdrop 
Paths,  on  a  north-west  line,  and  view  the  elegantly  carved  Temples 
of  Cotting,  Miles,  Bush,  Foss,  Penniman,  Shattuck,  Farrar,  Wolcott, 
Hartshorn  and  others:  return  to  Walnut  Avenue  and  pass  through  it, 
curving  to  the  south,  and  view  the  monuments  to  Hicks,  Worcester, 
Watson  and  others  :  then  turn  to  the  left  into  Mountain  Avenue,  north- 
westerly, and  ascend  Mt.  Auburn's  highest  mound,  125  feet  above  the 
river  Charles,  from  whence  Boston,  and  the  surrounding  country  maybe 
seen  :  then  descend  Mt.  Auburn  on  the  south-east,  through  Hazel  Path, 
curving  round  to  the  north,  and  view  the  Fuller  monument;  then  pass 
on  to  Harvard  Hill  at  the  north-east ;  here  the  eye  will  greet  the  mau- 
soleums to  Andrews,  Kiikland,  Ashmun,  Hoffman,  and  officers  of  Har- 
vard University,  and  also  to  some  of  the  students  :  descend  into  Rose 
Path,  at  the  south-west,  where  are  monuments  of  Scudder,  and  Davis, 
encircling  its  base,  to  the  eastward :  then  turn  to  the  right  hand  into 
Sweet  Briar  Path,  and  continue  to  its  south-east  termination,  and  there 
is  a  mausoleum  to  Coffin  ;  then  turn  to  the  left  hand  into  Chestnut  Ave- 
nue, and  at  its  junction  with  Hawthorn  path,  is  the  Tremont  Strangers 
Tomb :  continue  north-west  through  Hawthorn  path  which  leads  to 
Cedar  Hill, where  are  the  monuments  to  Hildreth,  Appleton  and  others: 
from  thence  southwest,  round  Cedar  Hill,  is  Ivy  Path,  which  curves 
round  to  the  north,  and  at  the  end  of  this  branch,  a  little  to  the  west. 


is  Consecration  Dell,  where  are  monuments  to  Stanton,  Watts,  Water- 
son,  Leverett,  Dana,  &c.  leave  Consecration  Dell  at  its  north-west 
corner,  and  pass  into  Vine  Path,  crossing  Moss  Path  by  the  monument 
to  Stearns,  on  to  Central  Square,  where  are  monuments  to  Hannah 
Adams,  Murray,  and  others;  at  the  north-west  of  Central  Square  is 
Poplar  Avenue  curving  to  the  east;  and  there  may  be  seen  mementos 
to  Warren  Colburn,  Sturgis,  Choate,  Munson,  Mrs.  Ellis  and  others; 
then  turn  round  to  the  left  into  the  eastern  line  of  Willow  Avenue, 
curving  round  into  its  western  line,  and  there  are  obelisks  or  mausole- 
ums to  Mo  Lellan,  Williams,  Buckingham,  Randall,  Chamberlain, 
Thayer,  Tuckerman,  Mrs.  Gannett,  Lowell,  Mason,  Howard  and  others; 
leaving  Willow  Avenue  at  its  southwest  corner,  turn  to  the  right  through 
Poplar  Avenue  into  Alder  Path,  to  the  north ;  and  see  a  monument  to 
Wetraore,  Greenleaf,  and  others ;  pass  into  Narcissus  Path  northerly, 
around  Forest  Pond  and  view  the  monuments  to  Story,  Webster,  Ox- 
nard.  Rich,  Durgin,  Faxon,  Winchester  and  others  :  at  the  north  curve 
of  Forest  Pond  is  Catalpa  Path,  on  an  east  line  to  Indian  Ridge  Path, 
where  those  to  Brimmer,  Bond,  Seaver,  Greenleaf,  Patterson,  Wads- 
worth,  Francis,  Fearing,  West,  To  my  Mary,  Stackpole,  and  others  are 
erected :  then  return  to  Catalpa  Path  west,  to  Linden  Path,  near  to 
BeachAvenue,  where  are  monuments  to  Tappan,  Thaxter,  Raymond 
and  others ;  pass  through  Beach  Avenue  to  the  south,  where  are  the 
monuments  of  Bigelow,  Stone,  Stevens,  Coolidge.  Putnam,  &c.,  then 
turn  round  to  the  right  hand  into  Central  Avenue,  where  are  the  monu- 
ments of  Harnden,  Gibbs,  Phelps,  Peck.  Burges,  Abbe,  Clary,  and  the 
sculptured  watch  dog  of  Perkins :  turn  to  the  left  hand  into  Cypress 
Avenue,  where  the  Bible  monument  of  Gray  may  be  seen  on  Hibiscus 
Path,  and  a  little  south,  is  the  Cogswell  monument ;  then  turn  to  the 
left,  easterly,  and  near  the  centre  of  Central  Avenue,  the  monuments 
of  Hevvins,  Tisdale,  Buckminster,  Cleveland,  Lawrence,  Herwig,  and 
others ;  continue  through  Cypress  Avenue,  curving  to  the  south,  and 
there  is  the  Public  lot,  with  numerous  shafts  and  mementos  to  friends, 
with  a  singular  horrizontal  slab  to  the  memory  of  M.  W.  B.,  and  a 
little  north-west  of  the  Public  lot,  on  Eglantine  Path,  is  the  sculptured 
figure  of  Christ,  blessing  little  children  :  a  little  to  the  East  of  that  is  the 
Ford  Monument,  Faith  with  the  Cross,  and  the  Fuller  monument. 
Return  through  the  south  part  of  Cypress  Avenue,  where  is  a  monu- 
ment to  Samuel  Story,  Jr.,  on  Lupine  Path;  then  turn  round  to  the  left, 
into  Cedar  Avenue,  leading  to  the  north,  where  are  monuments  to 
Gridley,  Hayward,  Benjamin,  and  others ;  continue  to  the  right  hand 
through  part  of  Cypress  Avenue  to  Central  Avenue,  passing  the  statue 
of  Bowditch,  and  view  the  monument  to  the  officers  lost  in  the  explor- 
ing expedition  and  others,  after  which,  a  return  to  the  gate  on  the 
north,  may  be  made  direc' 


THIS  LITTLE    MANUAL 

IS    RESPECTFULLY    DEDICATED 

TO 

JACOB    BIGELOW,    M.    D., 

President   of  the   Mount   Auburn   Cemetery   Institution  ; 

For  having  been  the  first  suggester  of  an  Amer- 
ican Garden  Cemetery,  and  as  one  of  the  most  eminent 
promoters  of  that  now  celebrated  establishment ,  and  for 
twenty-two  years  unremitted  exertions  in  advancing  it 
to  its  present  state  of  usefulness  and  beauty. 

That  his  life  may  be  long  preserved  to  his  fellow 
citizens,  and  for  himself  to  witness  his  fondest  wishes 
realizedj  in  the  perfection  of  his  plans  for  that  cherished 
elysium,   is  the  hope  of 

his  obliged  friend 

and  very  humble  servant, 

June,   1851.  Nathaniel   dearborn. 


OUNT  AUBURN   CHAPEL, 


Erected    1847. 


ODE   ON 
MOUNT  AUBURN  CHAPEL  AND  CEMETERY, 

By  Nathaniel  Dearborn. 

This  mystic  Fane  in  Auburn's  sculptured  grounds, 
Prefers  to  Heaven  the  griefs  and  suppliant  sounds, 

In  aid  of  our  infirmity ; 
The  chastened  heart  to  save,  the  mourner  cheer, 
The  message-promise  from  Jehovah  hear 

Of  bliss  through  an  eternity; 
And  here  the  bosomed  relic  of  a  friend, 
Returns  to  what  it  was,  and  is,  an  end 

To  re-produce  frail,  dying  man; 
The  soul  is  called  to  Jesus'  heavenly  shrine, 
Beatic  essence  of  the  mind  divine. 

Communing  with  the  great  I  AM. 


DEARBORN'S    GUIDE 


MOUNT   AUBURN   CEMETERY, 

7lh  EDITION,  AVITH   SEVENTY  ENGRAVINGS. 
BY   NATHANIEL  DEARBORN. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1852, 

BY    NATHANIEL  DEARBORN, 

In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  Massachusetts. 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  CORPORATION. 

Jacob  Bigelow,    President.     George  William  Bond,  Treasurer,  Office  127  Milk  Si. 
Henry  M.  Parker,  Secretary,  Office  46  Washington  Street. 

TRUSTEES. 
Jacob  Bigelow,  27  Summer  Street.  |  Benjamin  A.  GorLr,  20  Union  Wharf. 

Geo.  W.  Crockett,  99  State  St.  |  Mace  Tisdale,  5  Chatham  Row, 

Charles  P.  Curtis,  1G  Court  Street.         I  Isaac  Parker,  2  &  4  Pearl  Street. 
C.  C.  LiTLLE,  112  Washington  St.  |  James  Read,  29  Milk  St. 

Geo.  H.  Kuhn,  40  State  St.  | 

COMMITTEE  ON   LOTS. 
Jacob  Bigelow,    Charles  P.  Curtis,    Isaac  Parker. 
RuFUs  Howe,  Superintendent. 


STRANGERS  can  receive,  on  application  to  any  Trustee,  or  to  the  Secretary  a  permit 
to  enter  the  Cemetery  with  a  Carriage,  any  day,  except  Sundays  and  Holydays. 


MOUNT   AUBURN    CEMETERY,    CAMBRIDGE. 
4  1-2  miles  west  from  Boston  —  1   1-4  miles  west  of  Harvard  University. 

This  spot  of  land  was  formerly  called  stone's  woods  :  its  uncommonly 
gorgeous  and  beautifully  varied  scenery;  its  full  grown  umbrageous 
trees  of  many  tribes,  alluring  numbers  to  its  silent  and  peaceful  shades, 
its  name  was  changed  by  common  consent  to  that  of ''sweet  auburn;" 
Under  this  appropriate  appellation,  it  became  more  eminently  a 
favorite  gTOve  for  the  lovers  of  nature,  to  enjoy  the  pleasing  and  healthy 
color  and  balmy  atmosphere  of  green  trees,  shrubbery,  grassy  hills, 
solitary  grottos,  yet  enlivened  with  music  from  the  feathered  songsters 
throughout  this  best  elysium  of  nature's  work. 

The  original  lot  comprised  an  area  of  72  acres ;  but  by  an  after  purchase 
of  38)'3  acres,  it  now  measures  110)^  in  all :  the  whole  obtained  at  a 
cost  of  S9,766.89  :  The  Trustees  of  Mount  Auburn  Cemetery  contem- 
plate adding  about  100  acres  of  adjoining  land  to  the  present  grounds 
of  that  cemetery,  during  the  present  season.  The  ''  horticultural  so- 
ciety OF  MASSACHUSETTS  "  wcre  nobly  impressed  with  the  importance 
of  an  extensive  rural  cemetery  for  the  burial  of  the  dead,  and  after  the 
above  named  purchases  by  them,  they  transferred  the  whole  grounds  to 
a  society  of  gentleraen,who  had  labored  for  the  accomplishment  of  this 
object,  ever  since  the  year  1825,  for  the  sum  of  $4,222,42;  thus  making 
a  generous  gift  of  $5,544,47. 


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This  latter  society  was  Incorporated,  as  "the  propriktors  of  mount 
AUBURN  CEMETERY,"  Juiie  23,  1831,  and  the  ground  consecrated  on  the 
24th  of  Sept.,  in  that  year  :  the  first  meeting  for  agitating  this  subject, 
was  held  in  1825,  at  the  house  of  Dr.  Jacob  Bigelow,  the  present  Pres- 
ident of  the  society;  with  the  aid  of  the  late  George  Bond,  Wm.  Sturgis, 
the  late  Hon.  John  Lowell,  the  late  Samuel  P.  Gardiner,  Thomas  VV. 
Ward,  Nathan  Hale,  and  John  Tappan  ;  who  realized  their  fondest  hopes 
in  founding  the  first,  by  date  ;  the  most  enobling,  and  most  beautiful 
garden  cemetery  in  this  extensive  country ;  to  become  in  time  a  paradise 
of  sculptuary,  of  monuments  and  mausoleums,  interspersed  amid  nature's 
lovliest  productions;  the  capaciousness  of  the  ground  will  permit  20.000 
lots  of  300  superficial  square  feet,  each  of  which  is  offered  at  100  dollars 
if  purchased  from  any  of  those  surveyed  and  located  for  the  sale  list ;  but 
if  a  lot  be  preferred  in  any  part  of  the  grounds  not  thus  prepared,  an 
additional  sum  will  be  required,  say  10  dollars  or  more;  around  these  lots 
the  Avenues  for  carriages,  20  feet  wide,  and  Paths  for  pedestrians,  6  feet 
wide,  are  laid  out  circuitousl}-,  to  an  extent,  if  measured  in  one  straight 
line,  would  span  a  distance  of  30  miles :  about  2000  Lots  have  been 
disposed  of,  and  about  350  Monuments,  Shafts,  Cenotaphs,  Obelisks, 
and  Slabs,  have  been  raised  to  hallow  and  adorn  the  spot.  All  monies 
received  from  the  sale  of  Lots  or  from  any  other  source_,  is  expended  in 
ornamenting  and  improving  this  Garden  Cemetery.  During  the  two  first 
years  of  its  consecration,  upwards  of  30,000  dollars  were  expended  in 
grading  the  roads,  building  a  house,  &c.  for  the  Superintendent,  fencing, 
&o.  The  front  entrance  Gate  from  Cambridge  road,  is  a  design  from  an 
Egj'ptian  model,  and  is  masterly  chiseled  in  Granite,  at  a  cost  of  about 
$10,000  ;  and  the  cast  iron  picketed  fence  on  that  whole  front  line  was 
erected  at  a  cost  of  about  $15,000  : — a  splendid  Chapel  was  completed 
within  its  grounds  in  1848,  at  a  cost  of  about  §25,000.  The  highest 
mound  in  the  Cemetery  is  called  Mt.  Auburn^  and  is  125  feet  above 
Charles  River,  which  meanders  by  the  grounds  on  its  southern  border  : 
On  the  summit  of  this  elevation  a  Tower  has  been  erected,  of  suffi- 
cient height  to  be  seen  above  the  surrounding  trees,  to  subserve 
the  triple  purpose  of  a  landmark, — to  idenfify  the  spot,  and  for  an 
Observatory,  commanding  an  uninterrupted  view  of  the  surrounding 
landscape "  of  cities,  towns,  hills,  farms,  rivers,  Massachusetts  Bay, 
with  its  many  Islands  and  shipping;  the  lantern  or  cupola  of  this  Tower, 
is  at  least  185  feet  above  the  river  Charles. 

Mr.  RUFUS  HOWE, 

The  Superintendent  of  Mount  Auburn,  resides  within  its  borders;  and 
conducts  the  affairs  of  the  internal  management  of  the  Cemetery,  in  a 
very  eminently  judicious  manner  :  any  one  applying  to  him  for  informa- 
tion concerning  the  lots  on  sale,  for  burials,  or  any  other  item  appertain- 


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ing  to  those  grounds,  will  receive  every  polite  attention ;  a  direct  appli- 
cation to  him  is  therefore  most  advisable,  to  save  trouble  and  time. 

By  a  reference  to  the  Map  of  Mt.  Auburn,  which  is  on  the  last  page 
of  this  pamphlet,  the  Avenues  and  Paths  exhibit  an  universal  curvature: 
their  lines  are  "  not  straight,  but  crooked ;"  and  if  one  is  not  familiar 
with  their  windings,  a  visit  there  may  be  attended  with  much  fatigue 
and  exhaustion ;  and  that  too,  without  the  compensating  gratification  of 
seeing  the  beautiful  and  grand  mementos  of  the  living  to  the  dead ;  to 
aid  the  visitor  to  thread  this  mazy  labyrinth,  with  a  tolerable  understand- 
ing, attended  too  with  a  satisfactory  result,  a  direct  guide  through 
MOUNT  AUBURN,  pausing  at  the  various  clusters  of  Monuments  and  Shafts, 
by  the  most  convenient  route,  is  to  be  found  on  first  page ;  the  seventy 
engraved  representations  of  them,  are  placed  in  the  same  progressive 
rotation;  so,  that,  as  one  advances  in  the  circuit  laid  down,  by  the  printed 
guide,  the  monuments,  engraved,  will  be  met  with  in  their  designated 
accompanying  position  : — thus ;  the  Sarcophagus  of  the  late  Dr.  Spurz- 
heim  is  the  first  one  approached,  and  that  is  the  first  engraving  and  the 
first  one  named  in  the  printed  Guide  :  the  monument  of  Story,  being 
nearly  the  last  one  on  passing  through  the  Cemetery,  by  the  printed 
Guide,  the  engraving  of  it  is  placed  last  in  this  work. 

The  order  oi  the  consecration  of  Mount  Auburn,  was  an  address  from 
the  late  Hon.  Judge  Story,  who  was  then  President  of  the  Institution ; 
prayers  from  Dr.  Ware  and  Rev.  John  Pierpont,  with  the  foUo^ving 
impressive  hymn  from  the  pen  of  the  latter. 


HYMN. 


To  thee,  O  God,  in  humble  trust, 
Our  hearts  their  cheerful  incense  burn, 

For  this  thy  word,  "Thou  art  of  dust," 
And  unto  dnstshalt  thou  return. 

And  what  were  life,  life's  work  all  done, 
The  hopes,  joys,  loves,  that  cling  to  clay, 

All,  all,  departed,  one  by  one, 
And  yet  life's  load  borne  on  for  aye ! 


Deca}-!  decay!  'tis  stamped  on  all. 

All  bloom  ni  flower  and  flesh  shall  fade, 

Ye  whispering  trees  ^vhen  ye  shall  fall. 
Be  our  long  sleep  beneath  your  shade ! 

Here  to  thy  bosom  mother  earth, 

Take  back  in  peace  what  thou  hast  given 
And  all  that  is  of  heavenly  birth, 
O  God,  in  peace,  recall  to  heaven. 


HYMN. 


Home  of  the  coming  dead ! 
The  spot  whereon  we  tread 

Is  hallowed  ground  : 
Here  earth,  in  sacred  trust. 
Shall  hold  their  sleeping  dust, 
Until  her  bonds  they  burst, 

And  rise  unbound. 

Here  shall  the  weary  rest, 
And  souls,  with  woes  oppress'd, 

No  more  shall  weep  : 
And  youth  and  age  shall  come, 
And  beauty  in  her  bloom. 
And  Manhood,  to  the  tomb  ; 

Sweet  be  their  sleep ! 


Around  their  lowly  bed 

Shall  flowers  their  tVagrance  shed, 

And  birds  shall  sing  : 
On  every  verdant  mound 
Love's  offering  shall  be  found, 
And  sighing  trees  around 

Their  shadows  fling. 

And  there's  a  holier  light ! 
Hope,  with  her  taper  bright, 

On  every  tomb, 
Points  upward  to  the  sky , 
There  every  tear  is  dry. 
There  is  no  mourner's  sigh, 

Nor  death,  nor  gloom. 


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REGULATIONS   CONCERNING  VISITORS  TO   THE    CEMETERY 
AT  MOUNT  AUBURN. 

The  gates  arc  opened  at  sunrise  and  closed  at  sunset. 

No  money  is  to  be  paid  to  the  gate  keeper. 

No  persons  are  admitted  on  Su.vdays  or  Holydats,  except  Pbopriktobs  and  members 
of  their  household,  and  persons  accompanying  them. 

No  refreslimsnts,  and  jio  party  carrying  refresliments,  will  be  admitted  to  come  within  the 
grounds  at  Mount  Auburn. 

All  persons  who  shall  be  found  within  the  grounds  making  unseemly  noises,  or  otherwise 
conducting  themselves  unsuitably  to  the  purposes  to  which  the  grounds  are  devoted,  will  be 
required  instantly  to  leave  the  grounds,  and  upon  refusal,  will  be  compelled  to  do  so,  and 
will  be  prosecuted  accordingly. 

No  vehicle  is  to  be  driven  in  the  Cemetery  at  a  rate  faster  than  a  walk. 

No  horse  is  to  be  left  unfastened,  without  a  keeper. 

No  horse  is  to  be  fiisiened,  except  at  the  posts  provided  for  this  purpose. 

All  persons  are  prohibited  from  gathering  any  flowers,  EiTHEK  wild  or  cultivated,  or 
breaking  any  tree,  shrub,  or  plant. 

Any  person  who  shall  be  found  in  possession  of  flowers  or  shrubs,  while  in  the  grounds 
or  before  leaving  them,  will  be  deemed  to  have  tortiously  taken  them  in  the  grounds,  and 
will  be  prosecuted  accordingly.  N.  B.  Persons  carrying  flowers  into  the  Cemetery,  to  be 
placed  on  any  lot  or  grave,  as  offerings  or  memorials,  are  requested  to  notify  the  Gatekeeper 
as  they  pass  in  ;  in  every  other  case,  flowers  brought  to  the  Cemetery  7nust  be  left  without 
the  gate. 

All  persons  are  prohibited  from  writing  upon,  defacing  and  injuring  any  monument,  fence 
or  other  structure,  in  or  belonging  to  the  Cemetery. 

All  persons  are  prohibited  from  discharging  firearms  in  the  Cemetery. 

The  Superintendent  of  the  grounds,  the  Gatekeeper,  and  any  other  person  acting  under 
them,  shall  have  a  right  to  require  his  or  her  name  from  any  person  other  than  a  proprietor, 
or  a  member  of  his  family,  who  shall  visit  the  grounds,  and  upon  his  or  her  refusal,  or  giving 
a  false  name,  to  exclude  them  from  the  grounds. 

The  Superintendent,  the  Gatekeeper,  and  all  other  persons  acting  under  them,  shall  have 
full  authority  to  carry  these  regulations  into  effect,  and  shall  give  notice  of  any  violations 
thereof,  to  the  Trustees. 

[Er*The  Superintendent  has  the  care  of  the  Cemetery,  and  is  authorized  to  remove  all 
those  who  violate  these  regulations  or  commit  tresspasses.  Tresspassers  are  also  liable  to 
be  fined  Fifty  Dollars. 

Q3="TwE.\TY  Dollars  reward  is  offered  to  any  person  who  shall  give  information  to 
the  Trustees,  which  shall  lead  to  the  conviction  of  the  offender,  of  any  tresspass  done  by 
taking  or  plucking  any  flowers,  shrubs,  or  trees,  within  the  grounds,  or  of  otherwise  injuring 
the  grounds,  or  of  any  other  offence  against  the  laws  and  regulations,  provided  for  the  pro- 
tection of  the  Cemetery,  and  the  monuments  and  erections  therein. 

The  Secretary  will  issue  to  the  proprietors  each  one  Ticket  of  Admission  into  the 
Cemetery  with  a  vehicle  ;  the  loan  of  the  Ticket  involves  a  forfeiture  of  this  privilege.  In 
case  of  a  loss  of  the  Ticket,  the  Proprietor  is  requested  to  apply  to  the  Secretary,  from 
whom  a  new  one  can  be  obtained.  This  is  necessary,  as  the  Gatekeeper's  orders  are  to 
admit  no  proprietor  without  a  ticket. 

Any  person  who  has  a  relative  interred  in  the  Public  Lot  at  the  Cemetery,  may,  on 
application  to  any  Trustee  or  to  the  Secretary,  receive  a  special  pass  into  the  Cemetery 
on  Sundat/s. 

Repairs  of  Monuments  and  Lots.  Any  owner  of  a  Lot  wishing  to  have  it  kept  in 
perpetual  repair,  by  depositing  funds  with  the  Trustees  for  that  purpose,  will  receive  from 
them  a  Deed  of  Trust  for  the  funds  and  assume  the  duties  and  responsibilities.  The  interest 
on  300  dollars  will  perpetually  keep  in  repair  a  lot  of  300  feet,  with  its  monument,  shrub- 
bery and  soil  ;  the  interest  on  500  dollars  is  required  for  a  similar  sized  lot  if  with  a  Tomb; 
if  100  dollars  are  deposited,  its  interest  money  will  be  expended  for  repairs  as  far  as  that 
will  accomplish  the  purpose. 


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CONDITIONS,  LIMITATIONS  AND  PRIVILEGES  TO  WHICH  EVERY  LOT  IS 
SUBJECT  BY  THE  DEED  OF  TILE  CORPORATION,  TO  WIT: 

First.  The  proprietor  of  the  lot  shall  have  a  right  to  enclose  the  same  with  a  wall  or  fence 
not  exceeding  one  foot  in  thickness,  which  may  be  placed  on  the  adjoining  land  of  the  Cor- 
poration exterior  to  the  said  lot. 

Second.  The  said  lot  shall  not  be  used  for  any  other  purpose  than  as  a  place  of  burial  for 
the  dead ;  and  no  trees  within  the  lot  or  border  shall  be  cut  down  or  destroyed,  without  the 
consent  of  the  Trustees  of  the  said  Corporation. 

Third.  The  proprietor  of  the  said  lot  shall  have  the  right  to  erect  stones,  monuments,  or 
sepulchral  structures,  and  to  cultivate  trees,  shrubs  and  plants  in  the  same. 

Fourth.  The  proprietor  of  the  said  lot  shall  erect,  at  his  or  her  own  expense,  suitable  land 
marks  of  stone  or  iron,  at  the  corners  thereof,  and  shall  also  cause  the  number  thereof  to  be 
legibly  and  permanently  marked  on  the  premises.  And  if  the  proprietor  shall  omit  for  thirty 
days  after  notice,  to  erect  such  land  marks  and  mark  the  number,  the  Trustees  shall  have 
authority  to  cause  the  same  to  be  done  at  the  expense  of  said  proprietor. 

Fifth.  If  the  laud  marks  and  boundaries  of  the  said  lot  shall  be  effaced,  so  that  the  said 
lot  cannot  with  reasonable  diligence  be  found  and  identified,  the  said  Trustees  shall  set  oQ 
to  the  said  grantee,  his  or  her  heirs  or  assigns,  a  lot  in  lieu  thereof,  in  such  part  of  the  cem- 
etery, as  they  see  fit,  and  the  lot  hereby  granted  shall  in  such  case  revert  to  the  Corporation. 

Sixth.  If  any  trees  or  shrubs  situated  in  said  lot,  shall  by  means  of  their  roots,  branches, 
or  otherwise,  become  detrimental  to  the  adjacent  lots  or  avenues,  or  dangerous  or  inconve- 
nient to  passengers,  it  shall  be  the  duly  of  the  said  Trustees  for  the  time  being,  and  they 
shall  have  the  right,  to  enter  into  the  said  lot,  and  remove  the  said  trees  and  shrubs,  or  such 
parts  thereof  as  are  thus  detrimental,  dangerous  or  inconvenient. 

Seventh.  If  any  monument  or  efiigy,  or  any  structure  whatever,  or  any  inscription  be 
placed  in  or  upon  the  said  lot,  which  shall  be  determined  by  the  major  part  of  the  said 
Trustees  for  the  time  being,  to  be  offensive  or  improper,  the  said  Trustees,  or  the  major 
part  of  them,  shall  have  the  right,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  enter  upon  said  lot,  and  re- 
move the  said  offensive  or  improper  object  or  objects. 

Eighth.  No  fence  shall  at  any  time  be  placed  or  erected  in  or  around  any  lot,  the  mat- 
rials  and  design  of  which  shall  not  first  have  been  approved  by  the  trustees  or  a  committee 
of  them. 

Ninth.  No  tomb  shall  be  constructed  vv'ithin  the  bounds  of  the  Cemetery  except  in  or  upon 
lots  situated  in  such  parts  of  the  grounds  as  shall  be  designated  by  the  Trustees  for  that 
purpose ;  and  no  proprietor  shall  suffer  the  remains  of  any  person  to  be  deposited  in  a  tomb 
so  authorized,  for  hire. 

Tenth.  The  said  lot  shall  be  holden  subject  to  the  provisions  contained  in  an  act  of  the 
General  Court,  dated  March  31,  1S35,  and  entitled,  "  An  Act  to  incorporate  the  Proprietors 
of  the  Cemetery  of  Mount  Auburn." 

Note. — The  .society  request  that  all_  railings  or  inclosures  of  lots  may  be  light,  neat  and 
symmetrical, — that  all  stones  erected  in  memory  of  the  dead  may  be  marble  or  granite, — 
and  that  no  slabs  be  placed  in  the  Cemetery.  Fences  composed  in  whole  or  in  part  of  wood 
are  prohibited. 

"There's  beauty  all  around  our  paths,  if  but  our  watchful  eyes 

Can  trace  it  midst  familiar  things,  and  through  their  lowly  guise ; 

We  may  find  it  where  a  hedgerow  showers  its  blossoms  o'er  our  way 

Or  a  cottage-window  sparkles  forth  in  the  last  red  light  of  day. 

Yes  !  beauty  dwells  in  all  our  paths  —  but  sorrow  too  is  there  ; 

How  oft  some  cloud  within  us  dims  the  bright,  still  summer  air! 

When  we  carry  our  sick  hearts  abroad  amidst  the  joyous  things 

That  through  the  leafy  places  glance,  on  many  colored  wings. 

With  shadows  from  the  past,  ■we  fill  the  happy  woodland  shades, 

And  a  mournful  memory  of  the  dead  is  with  us  in  the  slades ; 

And  our  dream-like  fancies  lend  the  wind  an  echo's  plaintive  tone, 

Of  voices,  and  of  melodies,  and  of  silvery  laughter  gone. 

They  hold  us  from  the  woodlark's  haunts,  and  the  violet-dingles  back, 

And  from  the  lovely  sounds  and  gleams  in  the  shining  river's  track  j 

They  bar  us  from  our  heritage  of  spring-time  hope  and  mirth, 

And  weigh  our  burdened  spirits  down  with  the  cumbering  dust  of  earth," 

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SITUATION  OF  THE  AVENUES  OR  CARRIAGE  ROADS.    20  FEET  WIDE 

Beach,  from  the  east  side  of  Central,  southerly,  to  Poplar  Avenue. 
CeJar,  from  the  north  line  of  Cypress,  southerly,  to  'Walnut  Avenue. 
Central,  fronting  the  gate,  south,  to  Walnut  Avenue. 
Cliapel,  southwest,  from  Central  to  Pine  Avenue. 
Chestnut,  from  Poplar,  southerly,  to  Mountain  Avenue. 
Citron,  a  short  avenue,    southeasterly,  from  Oak  to  .Magnolia  Avenue. 
Cypress,  from  Central,  westerly,  curving  southerly,  to  Walnut  Avenue. 
Elm,  westerly,  from  Pine  Avenue,  curving  round  easterly,  to  the  same. 
Fir.  from  the  second  branch  of  Elm  Ave.,  southerly,  curving  easterly  to  Walnut  Av. 
Garden,  east  from  the  gale,  curving  to  the  south,  and  then  to  the  east  again  to  Maple  Av. 
Larch,  southeast  from  Poplar  Avenue,  curving  northeast,  to  Maple  Avenue. 
Laurel,  from  AValnut  Avenue,  northerly,  and  around  Laurel  hill. 
Lime,  from  Maple,  curving  round  at  Aloe  path,  again  into  Maple   Avenue. 
Locust,  from  Beach  Avenue,  southwesterly  to  Poplar  Avenue. 
Magnolia,  at  the  southeast  of  Mountain,  to  Maple  Avenue,  curving  northerly. 
Maple,  from  the  east  end  of  Garden  Avenue,  southerly,  to  Magnolia  Avenue. 
Mountain,  all  round  Mt.  Auburn  Hill,  to  Magnolia  Avenue,  easterly. 
Oak,  from  Willow  Aveime,  easterly,  curving  south  to  Magnolia  Avenue. 
Pine,  from  Elm  Avenue,  southerly,  curving  to  the  southeast,  into  Cypress  Avenue, 
Poplar,  from  the  northeast  of  Central  square,  curving  southeast  to  Larch  Avenue. 
Spruce,  from  Elm  Av.  southerly,  curving  through  thewhole  western  extent  of  the  Cem. 
Walnut,  west  of  Central  Sq.  curving  S.  westerly,  and  then  to  the  south  into  Moun.  Av. 
Willow,  with  two  branches,  the  1st  branch  from  Poplar  Av.  northeasterly,  to  Narcissus 
Path,  then  curving  easterly  for  the  2d  branch,  to  the  south,  to  Larch  Avenue. 

SITUATION  OF  THE  FOOT  PATHS.  6  FEET  WIDE. 

Ailanthus,  it  ha«  two  openings  from  Central  Avenue,  and  two  also  from  Cedar  Avenue. 

connecting  with  both  Avenues. 
Alder,  from  Poplar  Avenue,  northwest,  round  southwest  to  Locust  Avenue. 
Almond,  from  Indian  Ridge  Path,  southwesterly,  curving  into  it  agaiji  at  the  southeast. 
Aloe,  "  "        "  "  easterly,  into  Lime  Avenue. 

Altrea,  from  Fir  Avenue,  southerly,  to  Spruce  Avenue. 
Amaranth,  from  Rose  Path,  encircling  Harvard  Hill. 

Anemone,  from  Orange  Path,  near  AV'alnut  Avenue,  westerly,  to  Spruce  Avenue. 
Arethusa,  from  Walnut  Avenue,  westerly,  to  Trefoil  Path. 
Asclepias,  from  Spruce  Avenue,  westerly,  to  Fir  Avenue. 
Aslor,  from  Vine  Path,  southerly,  and  curving  easterly  to  Ivy  Path. 
Azalea,  southerly  from  Spruce  Avenue,  and  curving  easterly  to  the  same  Avenue. 
Bellwort,  from  Orange  Path,  westerly,  to  Spruce  Avenue. 
Calla,  from  Fir  Avenue,  southwest,  to  Pilgrim  Path. 
Catalpa,  from  Indian  Ridge  Path,  southerly,  curving  easterly  to  the  same. 
Clematis,  from  Magnolia  Avenue,  southeast,  curving  northerly ,  to  the  same  avenue. 
Columbine,  from  Spruce  Avenue,  westerly,  to  Fir  Avenue. 
Cowslip,  from  Walnut  Avenue  southwesterly,  to  Spruce  Avenue. 
Crocus,  from  Fir  Avenue,  westerly,  curving  south,  to  Spruce  Avenue. 
Dell,  from  Ivy  Path,  southwest,  around  Consecration  Dell,  and  from  thence,  through  eilhei' 

of  the  two  southeastern  limbs  of  Dell  Path,  to  Ivy  Path  again. 
Elder,  from  Walnut  Avenue,  northwest,  to  Spruce  Avenue. 

Eglantine,  from  Spruce  Avenue,  southeasterly,  winding  into  Fir  Avenue  southerly. 
Fern,  from  Walnut  Avenue,  southeast,  to  Mountain  Avenue. 

Gentian,  from  Pine  Avenue,  westwardly,  curving  southeasterly,  into  Cypress  Avenue. 
Geranium,  from  Beech  Avenue,  southerly,  curving  into  Central  Avenue  westerly, 

ard  Beech  Avenue,  easterly.^ 


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Green  Brier,  from  Pine  Avenue,  westerly,  to  Mistletoe  Path. 

Harebell,  from  Walnut  Avenue,  southerly,  to  Trefoil  Path,  westerly. 

Hawthorn,  from  Woodbine  Path,  and  encircles  Juniper  Hill. 

Hazel,  from  Mountain  Avenue,  southeasterly,  to  Rose  Path,  northerly. 

Heath,  from  Spruce  Avenue,  westerly  to  Fir  Avenue. 

Heliotrope,  from  Spruce  Avenue,  westerly,  to  Fir  Avenue. 

Hemlock,  from  Poplar  Avenue,  southwesterly,  to  Ivy  Path. 

Hibiscus,  from  Cypress  Avenue,  curving  into  the  same  Avenue  agam. 

Honeysuckle,  from  Green  Brier  Path,  southerly,  curvmg  easterly,  into  Fir  Avenue. 

Holly,  from  Poplar  Avenue,  south,  curving  southerly,  to  Ivy  Path. 

Hyacinth,  from  Chapel  Avenue,  southerly,  to  Cypress  Avenue. 

Indian  Ridge,  from  Central  Avenue,  southeasterly,  to  Larch  and  Maple  Avenues. 

Iris,  near  Central  Square,  from  Moss  to  Dell  Path,  southeasterly. 

Ivy,  from  Central  Square,  southerly,  curving  round  northeasterly,  into  AVoodbine  Path. 

Jasmine,  from  Chestnut  Avenue,  ^vesterly,  curving  south  to  Hawthorn  Path. 

Lilac,  from  the  northeast  curve  of  Willow  Avenue,  northerly,  to  Indian  Ridge  Path. 

Lily,  from  Poplar  Avenue,  southerly,  to  AVoodbine  Path,  at  Cedar  Hill. 

Linden,  from  Beech  Avenue,  easterly,  curving  to  the  south,  into  Beech  Avenue  again. 

Lotus,  from  Magnolia  Avenue,  southerly,  curving  northerly,  to  the  same  Avenue. 

Lupine,  from  Cypress  Avenue,  northwest,  to  Spruce  Avenue. 

Mayflower,  from  the  gate,  southeasterly,  by  the  first  segment  of  Garden  Pond,  to  Gar.  Av. 

Mimosa,  from  Spruce  Avenue,  westerly,  to  Fir  Avenue. 

Mistletoe,  from  the  westerly  curve  of  Elm  Avenue,  southeasterly,  and  curving  easterly, 

into  Fir  Avenue. 
Moss,  from  Central  Square,  southwest,  curving  southwardly  to  Laurel  Avenue. 
Myrtle,  southerly,  from  Chestnut  Avenue,  curving  westerly,  to  Rose  Path. 
Narcissus  Path   is  all  around  Forest  Pond. 

Oleander,  from  Hose  Path,  easterly,  curving  southwesterly,    to  Myrtle  Path. 
Olive,  south  from  Juniper  Hill,  curving  w^esterly,  into  Myrtle  Path. 
Orange,  from  Walnut  Avenue,  southerly,  curving  to  the  same  Avenue. 
Orchis,  westerly,  from  Walnut  Avenue,  to  Tulip  Path. 

Osier,  from  the  northeast  curve  of  Willow  Avenue,  east,  to  Indian  Ridge  Path. 
Petunia,  from  Larch  Avenue,  southeasterly,  into  Oak  Avenue. 
Pilgrim,  from  Walnut  Avenue,  curving  southerly,  into  Snowdrop  Path. 
Primrose,  from  Central  Avenue,  southeasterly,  around  the  south  side  of  Garden  Pond. 
Pyrola,  from  Orange  Path,  westerly,  to  Spruce  Avenue. 
Rhodora,  from  Oak  Avenue,  southwesterly,  into  Larch  Avenue. 
Rbse,  encircles  the  whole  base  of  Harvard  Hill. 

Rosemary,  from  Jasmine  to  Hawthorn  Path,  circling  round  into,  and  out  of  Temple  Hill. 
Sedge,  easterly  from  Fir  Avenue,  curving  northerly,  to  Heath  Path. 
Sorrel,  from  Spruce  Avenue,  westerly,  curving  southwest,  to  Fir  Avenue. 
Snowberry,  west  of  the  gate,  from   Pine  Avenue,  southeasterly,  to  Central  Avenue. 
Snowdrop,  westerly  from  Walnut  Avenue,  to  Pilgrim  Path. 
Spirrea,  from  Fir  Avenue,  southwesterly,  to  Mistletoe  Path. 

Sumac,  southerly,  from  Moss,  near  Central  Square,  to  Violet  Path  and  Laurel  Av. 
Sweet  Brier,  from  the  south  of  Juniper  Hill,  southeasterly,  to  Chestnut  Avenue. 
Thistle,  southeast  from  Walnut  Avenue,  curving  westerly,  to  Spruce  Avenue. 
Trefoil,  southwesterly,  from  Walnut  Avenue,  to  Spruce  Avenue. 
Tulip,  westerly,  "  "  «        to  Trefoil  Path. 

Verbena,  southeasterly,  from  Spruce  Avenue,  to  Fir  Avenue.  , 

Vine,  (near  Consecration  Dell,)  from  Moss  Path,  near  Central  Square,  to  Iris  Path. 
Violet,  easterly,  from  Walnut  Avenue,  curving  northerly,  to  Ivy  Path. 
Woodbine,  encircles  the  whole  base  of  Cedar  Hill. 
Yarrow,  of  two  parts,  westerly,  from  Pine  Av.  to  Fir,  curving  round  to  Pine  Av.  again. 


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CASPER   SPURZHEIM,    BORN    DEC.    31,    1775.         LOT  181. 

Gasper  Spurzheim,  Phrenological  demonstrator,  died  in  Boston,  Nov. 
10,  1832,  a;^ed  57.  The  Government  of  Cambridge  College  shewed 
every  mark  of  respect  for  the  deceased. 


HON.  NATHANIEL  Eo^vDITc^,  L  I..  D.    Died  INIarch  16,   1838,  aged  65  ys. 

This  is  a  Statue   from  Metalic  castings;  its  weight  is  about  2500  lbs. 
it  is  esteemed  a  capital  likeness  of  the  New  England  Philosopher. 


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ROBERT  G.   SHAW.      LOT   85.      PINE  AVENUE. 
"  Be  wise  to-day  ;  'tis  madness  to  defer : 
Next  day  the  fatal  precedent  will  plead  : 
Thus  on,  till  wisdom  is  push'd  out  of  life. 
Procrastination  is  the  thief  of  time  ; 
Year  after  year  it  steals,  till  all  are  fled, 
And  to  the  mercies  of  a  moment  leaves 
The  vast  concerns  of  an  eternal  scene. 
If  not  so  frequent,  would  not  this  be  strange  ? 
That  'tis  so  frequent,  this  is  stranger  still." 


DR.    FISHER.      PINE,     CORNER   OE    ELM    AVENUE. 

"There  is  a  shore 
Where  storms  are  hushed — where  tempests  never  rage  ; 
Where  angry  skies  and  blackening  seas  no  more 

With  gusty  strength  iheir  roaring  warfare  wage  : 
By  them  its  peaceful  margent  shall  be  trod — 
Their  home  be  heaven,  and  iheir  friend  be  God." 


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RICHARD   HAt'GHTON.      LOT   777.    PIKE  AVENUE. 

"Ah  I  how  unjust  to  Nature  and  himself 
Is  thoughtless,  thankless,  iuconsislent  man! 
Like   ehiklrcii  bahbling  nonsense  in  llieir  sports, 
We  censure  Nature  for  a  span  too  short ; 
That  span  too  short,  M-e  tax  as  tedious  too; 
Torture  jnveiition,  all  expedients  tire, 
To  lash  the  lingering  moments  into  speed, 
And  whirl  us  (happy  riddance)  from  ourselves." 


REV.  WILLIAM   ELLERY   CHANNING,    D.D.        GREEN    DRIER   PATH. 

"  The  sage,  peer,  potentate,  king,  conqueror ! 

Death  humbles  these  ;  more  barbarous  Life  the  man'! 

Life  is  the  triumph  of  our  mouldering  clay  : 

Death  is  the  spirit  infinite!  divine  ! 

Death  has  no  dread  but  what  frail  Life  imparls. 

Nor  Life  true  joy  but  what  kind  death  improves. 

No  bliss  has  life  to  boast,  till  Dealh  ran  give 

Far  greater.     Life's  a  debtor  to  the  grave  : 

Dark  lattice  !  letting  in  eternal  day." 


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ELISHA  TURNER.   LOT  714.   YARROW  PATH, 

"O  ye,  whose  hours  in  jocund  train  advance, [O,  ye,  while  Fate  delays  th'  impending' woe, 
Whose  spirits  to  the  song  of  gladness  dance.    Be  roused  to  thought,  —  anticipate  the  blow  ; 
Whose  flowery  plains  in  endless  pomp  survey,  Lest  like  the  lightning's  glance,  the  sudden  ill 
Glittering  iii  beams  of  visionary  day  j  [Flash  to  confoiuid.  and  penetrate  to  kill." 


^ijfiiiraS^ 


LOT   681.       DEXTER's   SCULPTURE    OF   EMILY,    ON   YARROW  PATH. 

"Beware  what  earth  calls  happiness;  beware 
All  joys  but  joys  that  never  can  expire. 
Who  builds  on  less  than  an  immortal  base, 
Fondas  he  seems,  condemns  his  joys  to  death." 


# 


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JOHN   H.    GOSSLER.      LOT  1129,   TARROW  PATH. 

"Alas !    how  vain 
The  wreath  thai  Fame  would  hind  around  our  tomb — 
The  winds  shall  waste  it,  and  tlie  worms  destroy ; 
The  fickle  praise  of  far  posterity, 
Come,  weigh  it  at  the  grave's  brink,  here  with  me, 
If  thou  cans't  weigh  a  dream." 


S.    P.    ALLEN.     SPRUCE    AVENUE. 

"In  full  content  we  sometimes  nobly  rest, 

Unanxious  for  ourselves,  and  only  wish. 

As  duteous  sons,  our  fathers  were  more  wise. 

At  thirty  man  suspects  himself  a  fool  ; 

Knows  il  at  forty,  and  reforms  his  plan  ; 

At  fifty  chides  his  infamous  delay, 

Pushes  his  prudent  purpose  to  resolve  ; 

In  all  ihe  magnanimity  of  thought 

Resolves, and  re-resolves;    then  dies  the  same." 


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S.   O.   RICHAKDSOX  S    LOT,   FIR   AVENUE. 

"  'While  man  is  growing,  life  Is  in  decrease, 
And  cradles  rock  us  nearer  to  the  tomb ; 
Our  birth  is  nothing  but  our  death  begun, 
As  tapers  waste  that  instant  they  take  fire." 


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s.  Gardner's  lot.    dexter's  sculpture  of  little  frank. 

Dcalli  found  strange  beauty  on  that  polished  brow, 
Ami  dashed  it  out.     There  was  a  tint  of  rose 
Ou  cheek  and  lip.     He  touched  llie  veins  with  ice 
And  the  rose  faded.     Forth  from  those  blue  eyes 
There  spake  a  wishful  tenderness,  a  doubt 
Whetht-r  to  grieve  or  sleep,  which  innocence 
Alone  may  wear.     With  ruthless  haste  he  bound 
The  silken  fringes  of  those  curtained  lids 
Forever.     But  there  beamed  a  smile. 
So  fixed,  so  holy,  from  that  cherub  brow, 
Death  gazed,  and  left  it  there,    lie  durst  not  steal 
The  signet-ring  of  Heaven. 

Mrs.  L.  H.  Sigourney. 


WM,  appleton.     lot  920.     heliotrope  path. 

"If  time  past 
And  time  possess'd  both  pain  us,  what  can  please? 
That  which  the  Deity  to  please  ordain'd, 
Time  used.     The  man  who  consecrates  liis  hours 
I5y  vigorous  effort  and  an  honest  aim, 
At  once  he  draws  the  sting  of  life  and  death  ; 
He  walks  with  Nature,  and  her  paths  are  peace." 


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PARAN  STEVENS.   SEDGE  PATH. 

Eliza  Jewett,  wife  of  Paran  Stevens,  died  March  4th,  1850. 

"  There  is  hushed  on  earth 
A  voice  of  gladness  —  there  is  veil'd  a  face 
Whose  parting  leaves  a  dark  and  silent  place 

By  the  once  joyous  hearth; 
A  smile  hath  passed,  which  filled  its  home  with  light, 
A  soul  whose  beauty  made  that  smile  so  bright." 


RECEIVING  TOMB.      GREEN  BRIAR  PATH,  LEADING  FROM  FIR  AVENUE. 

"  The  slumherer  shall  awake ;  the  unsealed  eye 
See  its  Redeemer;  and  although  the  worm 
Destroy  this  body,  yet  the  dust  shall  rise 
To  Immortality." 


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HEATH   PATH,   LOT     1390. 


AMOS   BINNET,    M.  D. 

Died  at  Rome,  Feb.  18,  1847,  aged  41  years,  and  two  smaller,  but 
beautiful  monuments,  inscribed  to  father— mother,  the  latter  with  a 
rich  boquet  wreath  on  its  top. 


S.    T.  ARMSTRONG.      SEDGE  PATH. 
"Celestial  Happiness  !  whene'er  she  sloops 
To  visit  Earth,  one  shrine  the  goddess  finds, 
And  one  alone,  to  make  her  sweet  amends 
For  absent  Heaven — the  bosom  of  a  friend; 
Where  heart  meets  heart,  reciprocally  soft. 
Each  others  pillow  to  repose  divine. 
Beware  the  counterfeit ;   in  passion's  flame 
Hearts  melt,  but  melt  like  ice,  soon  harder  froze. 
True  love  strikes  root  in  reason,  passion's  foe  ; 
Virtue  alone  cntcnder;  us  for  life." 


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M.   L.   HALL.      SNOW-DROP  PATH. 

"  When  yc  believe 
That  the  sepulchral  keys  are  consigned 
To  that  blest  hand  which  once  was  deeply  pierced 
For  man's  offences,  ye  may  calmly  kneel 
Amid  the  ruins  of  your  lore,  and  gajr 
*  Thy  will  be  done."  " 


ST.  JOHN'8   lot.      fib   AVENUE,   CORNER   OF   MISTLETOE   PATH. 

"  Be  death  your  theme  in  every  place  and  hour. 
Nor  longer  want  ye,  monumental  sires, 
A  brother's  Unnb  to  tell  you  you  shall  die." 


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SHATTUCK's    son — FRANK   CHESTER.      SORREL   PATH, 

"Thou  cam'sl — what  pleasures  new  and  bright 

Thy  coming  gave: 
Thou'rt  gone — and  every  young  delight — 

Is  laid  in  thy  dark  gravel 
The  sigh  will  rise,  in  manhood's  spite — 

The  tears  will  roll ; 
Grief  round  me  draws  her  mental  night— 

And  desolates  my  soul." 


MAGOUN    MONUMENT.     GRIEF,      FIR  AVENUE. 

"A  Household's  tomb  :  to  Faith  how  dear  1 
A  part  have  gone  ;  part  linger  here  ; 
United  all  in  love  and  hope, 
Our  household  still! 

Together  we  sliall  sleep ; 
Together  may  we  rise  ; 
And  sing  our  morning  hymn, 
Oue  household  siill !" 


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REV.  CHARLES   T.    TORRET.      JUNCTION   OF   FIR   AND   SPRUCE   AV. 

Copied  from  the  monument. 
Born  at  Scituate,  Nov.  21,  1813;   graduated  at  Yale  College,  August 
1833;   ordained  at  Providence,  March,    1837;   arrested  at  Baltimore, 
June  24,  1844;   died  in  the  Penitentiary  of  that  city,  Alay  9,  1846. 

Charles  Turner  Torrey  was  arrested  for  aiding-  slaves  to  regain  their  liberty.  For  this 
jmmane  act  he  ■was  indicted  as  a  criminal,  convicted  by  the  Baltimore  cily  court,  and 
gentenced  to  the  Penitentiary  for  six  years.  While  on  his  death  bed,  he  was  refused  a 
pardon  by  the  Governor  of  Maryland  and  died  of  consumption,  after  two  years  confinenieul, 
a  victim  of  his  sufferinjrs. 


Where  now  beneath  his  burthen. 
The  toiling-  slave  is  driven, 
AVhere  now  a  tyrant's  mockery 
Is  offered  up  to  heaven, 


There  shall  his  praise  be  spoken, 
Redeemed  frotn  fulselioort's  ban, 
AVhenlhe  fetters  shall  be  broken, 
And  the  slave  shall  be  a  man. 


■W.   H.    DELANO,    W.   F.   ■\VHITNET,   RICE.      PINE   AVENUE. 


"  Leaves  have  their  time  to  fall. 
And  flowers  to  wither  at  the  north  winds' 
breath, 
And  stars  to  set  — but  all 
Thou  hast  all  seasons  for  thine  o-wn,  0 
Death!  " 


"  "We  know  when  inoons  shall  wane. 
When  Summer  birds  from  far  sh.iU  cross 
the  sea, 
TVhen  Autumn's  hue  shall  tinge  the  golden 
grain. 
Bat  who  shall  teach  us  when  to  look  for 
thee!  " 


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JACOB    F0S8.      LOT   719.    SNOWDROP   PATH. 

ON      ITS     FRONT, 

Make  us  elcriial  irulh's  receive, 
And  practice  all  lliul  we  believe. 

For  moilcs  of  Faith,  let  graceless  zealots  fight, 
Ilis  can't  be  wrong,'  whose  life  is  in  the  right. 

OS    THK    EASTERN    SIDE, 

God  is  Love. 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Meliilable  II.,  wife  of  Jacob  Foss, 

who  departed  this  life  April  10.   ISlC,  aged  51  years. 

Oo,  live  !  lor  Heaven's  eternal  year  is  thine. 
Go,  and  e.xalt  thy  ninrlal,  to  divine. 


HON.  TIMOTHY   FARR.iR,  L  L.  D.      ELDER   PATH. 

For  upwards  of  40  years  fiom  1775,  he  was  Judge  in  the  Supreme 
and  Common  Pleas  Courts  of  ihe  Slate  of  N.  Hampshiie,  and  was  the 
oldest  Graduate  of  Harvard  Collece,  and  the  last  of  the  ante-revolution' 
ary  Graduates,  and  the  oldest  deposited  in  Mt.  Auburn  Cemetery. 
Born  June  28,  1747,  died  February  21,  1849,  aged  101  years,  7  months. 


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ZACHARIAH   HICKS.         LOT    168,    WALNUT   AVENUE. 

"I  sa\v  an  aged  man  upon  his  bier: 

His  hair  was  thin  and  while,  and  on  his  brow 

A  record  of  the  cares  of  many  a  year  ; — 
Cares  thai  were  ended  and  forgotten  now  : 

And  there  was  sadness  round,  and  faces  bow^ed, 
And  women's  tears  lell  fast,  and  children  wailed  aloud.' 


HENRY  ANDREWS.    LOT   939.      AMARANTH   PATH. 

"  Not  lost,  but  gone  before." 
'•For  scarce  upon  our  infant  eyes, 

The  sprinkled  dew  of  baptism  dries, 
E'er  the  thick  frost  of  manhood's  care. 
And  death's  strong  icy  seal  is  there." 


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JOHN    THORNTON   KIRKLAND,    LL.  D.  HARVARD    HILL. 

John  Thornton  Kirklaud  was  President  of  Harvard  University,  from 
1810,  to  1828;  which  was  a  prosperous  era  for  that  institution:  it  was 
crowded  with  stuilents,  but  his  generosity  kept  him  peuiiyless  during  the 
whole  term  :  he  loved  his  mother;  in  his  memorandum  book,  he  wrote 
"one  misfortune  befel  me  in  my  junior  year,  which  this  world  can  never 
*  repair;  my  mother,  on  23d  Jan.  1788,  died:  the  highest  pleasure  I 
'couldeverenjoy  was  that  of  pleasing  her.'"'  he  died  April  26, 1840,  ^  69. 


^^^^gs^^ 


JOHN   HOOKER   ASHMUN.      HARVARD   HILI,,    COI.LKOE    LOT. 

Deceased  April  1st,  1833,  aged  33  years, 

'•Insiruclive  cinMcm  of  t]iis  morlal  state  ! 
Where  scenes  as  various  every  lioiir  arise 
In  swift  succession,  wliich  the  liand  of  Fate 
Presents,  then  wliirls  them  from  our  wandering  eyes. 

Be  taught,  vain  man,  how  fleetin'r  all  thy  joys, 
Thy  boasted  grandeur  and  ihv  ifliitering  store  : 
Death  comes  and  all  thy  fancied  bli.^s  destroys, 
Quick  as  a  dream  it  fades  and  is  no  more. 

Through  earth's  thronged  visions  while  we  toss  forlorn, 
Tis  tumult  all,  and  rage,  and  restless  strife, 
But  these  sliall  vanish'like  the  dreams  of  morn 
When  death  awakes  us  to  iuiiuortal  life." 


■  k 


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MONUMENT   TO   HOFFMAN.      COLLEGE   LOT. 

"In  memory  of  a  beloved  and  only  son,  Frederick  William,  son  of 
David  and  Mary  Hoffman,  of  Baltimore,  Maryland.  Accompanied  by 
his  parents  for  Italy,  he  died  at  Lyons,  France,  on  the  30ih  of  November, 
1833,  aged  17  years." 

"  Mow  mortals  dream  of  things  impossible, 
Ol'  joys  perpetual,  in  perpetual  change  1 
Wliere  now  my  frenzy's  pompous  furniture  ? 
The  cobweb'cl  cottage,  and  its  ragged  wall 
Of  mouldering  mud,  is  royalty  to  me  ; 
The  spider's  most  attenuated  thread 
Is  cord,  is  cable  to  man's  len<ler  tie 
Oil  earthly  bliss:  it  breaks  at  every  breeze." 


GEORGE   \V.    COFFIN. 


CHESTNUT    AVENUE. 


"  Wisdom  though  richer  than  Peruvian  mines, 
And  sweeter  than  the  sweet  ambrosial  hive, 
What  is  she  but  the  means  of  happiness  ? 
That  UMoblain'd,  than  Folly  more  a  fool ; 
A  melancholy  fool,  without  her  bells. 
Friendship,  the  means  of  wisdom,  richly  gives 
The  precious  end,  which  makes  our  wisdom  wise." 


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TREMONT  OR  STRANGERS'  TOMB.   LOT  324,  CHESTNUT  AVENUE. 

Ovnied  by  the  Proprietors  of  the  Tremonl  House,  Boston;  built  in 
1833,  of  a  pentagonal  form,  one  side  being  occupied  by  the  descending 
entrance  steps,  and  on  each  of  the  olher  four  sides,  are  three  rows  ot 
horizontal  cells,  having  three  cells  each,  making  36  m  all :  if  the  re- 
mains are  permanently  deposited,  the  cell  is  closed  wilh  a  marble  tab- 
let, bearing  the  name  of  the  deceased,  &c. 


CHARLES   T.    HILDRETH.         LOT   291,    JASMINE   PATH. 
"  We  frail  and  blind,  to  whom  our  own  dark  moon, 
AVilh  iis  few  phases  is  a  mystery  ! 
Back  to  the  duit,  most  arrogant ;    Be  still ! 
Deep  silence  is  thy  wisdom!     Boast  no  more  ! 
But  let  thy  life  be  one  long  sigh  of  prayer, 
An  hymn  of  praise,  till  from  thy  broken  clay, 
At  its  last  gasp,  tlie  unquenched  spirit  rise, 
And  imforgotten,  'mid  unnumbered  worlds, 
Ascend  to  Him,  from  whom  its  essence  came." 


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SAMUEL   APPLETON.      LOT   411,    CEDAR   HILL. 

"  Is  it  in  the  flight  of  human  years 
To  push  elerniiy  from  living  thought, 
Ami  smother  souls  immorlal  in  the  dust  ?  — 
A  soul  imiportal,  spending  all  her  fires, 
Wasting  her  strength  in  busied  idleness, 
Thrown  into  lumuU,  raptured  or  alarmed 
At  aught  this  seene  can  threaten  or  indulge,— 
Resembles  ocean  into  tempest  wrought. 
To  waft  a  feather  or  to  drown  a  fly." 


MACE   TISDALE      AND      S.    K.    HEWINS. 


"  And  IS  this  all — this  mournful  doom? 
Beams  no  glad  light  beyond  ihe  tomb? 
Mark  how  you  clouds  in  darkness  ride ; 
They  do  not  quench  the  orb  ihcy  hide ; 
Still  there  it  wheels— the  tempest  o'er 


In  a  bright  sky  to  burn  once  more  ; 
So,  far  above  the  clouds  of  tirne, 
Faith  can  behold  a  world  subliire — 
There  when  I  he  storms  of  life  are  past, 
The  light  beyond,  shall  break  at  last." 


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STANTON,   BLAKE  AND   HALLET,   JUNCTION    OF    IVY   AND 
ASTER  PATHS.  LOT  407. 

"  The  boast  of  heralilry,  the  pomp  of  power, 

And  all  that  beauty,  all  that  wealth  e'er  gave, 
Await  alike  th'  inevitable  hour:— ^ 

And  paths  of  glory  lead  l)ut  to  the  grave. 
Can  storied  urn  or  animated  bast 

Back  to  its  mansion  call  the  fleeting  breath? 
Can  Honor's  voice  provoke  the  sjlenl  dust. 

Or  Flattery  soothe  the  dull  cold  ear  of  dedth  ?  " 


FREDERICK  P.  LEVERETT.   LOT  54,  VINE  PATH. 

His  hope  we  trust  teas  in  Christ. 

"The  distinguished  reputation  of  a  scholar,  the  exalted  integrity  of  a 
man,  the  noble  qualities  which  grace  a  husband,  father,  son,  brother; 
friend,  as  they  were  his,  won  the  praise  and  love  of  every  heart :  so 
are  they  his  just  memorial. 


^^"^g^. 


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A.    STEARNS.    LOT   646.    MOSS   PATH.    MON.    TO   SAM'l  H.   STEARNS. 

"Ay,  freely  halh  the  tear  been  given — and  freely  hath  gone  forth 

The  sigh  of  grief,  that  one  like  thee  should  pass  away  from  earth  ; 
But  those  who  mourn  thee,  mourn  thee  not  like  those  to  whom  is  given 

No  soothing  hope,  no  blissful  ihoughls  of  parted  friends  in  Heaven: 
They  feel  that  thou  wast  summoned  to  the  Christian's  high  reward, — 
The  everlasting  joys  of  those  whose  trust  is  in  the  Lord." 


HANNAH  ADAMS.   LOT  180,  CENTRAL  SQUARE. 

Historian  of  the  Jews,  &c.  Deceased,  Dec.  15,  1831,  Aged  76, 
the  first  burial  in  Mt.  Auburn. 

"Hear,  ye  fair  daughters  of  this  happy  land  I 

Whose  radient  eyes  the  vanquished  world  command,       * 

Virtue  is  beauty;  but  when  charms  of  mind 

With  elegance  of  outward  form  are  joined  ; 

When  youth  makes  such  bright  objects  still  more  bright, 

And  fortune  sets  them  in  the  strongest  light, 

'Tis  all  of  heaven  that  we  below  may  view 

And  all  but  adoration  is  your  due." 


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KEV.    JOHN    MURRAY.      LOT   587.    MOSH   PATH. 

"The  Soul! — llie  Soul  I  with  its  eye  of  fire, 

Thus,  thus  shall  it  soar  when  its  foes  expire  ; 

It  shall  spread  its  wings  o'er  the  ills  thai  pained, 
The  evils  that  shadowed,  the  sins  that  stained, 

It  shall  dwell  where  no  rushing^  cloud  hath  sway 
And  the  pageants  of  earth  shall  have  melted  away. 


WARREN   COLBURN,      DIED    1833.    SB   40   TEARS. 
LOT    42y.    LOCUST    AVENUE. 

Cherished  in  classic  lore  !     Though  short  thy  date , 

"Virtue,  not  rolling  suns,  the  mind  matures. 

That  life  is  long  wiiich  answers  life's  great  end. 

The  lime  that  l)ear.s  notVuit,  deserves  no  name  : 

The  man  of  wisdom  is  the  man  of  years  : 

In  hoary  youth  Aletlmsalems  may  die 

Then  how  misdated  on  some  flattering  tombs !  " 


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CHARLES  CHOATE.   LOT  42,  POPLAR  AVENGE. 

"  Failh  l)uilds  a  brUlire  from  tliis  worlil  lo  tlie  next, 
O'er  Deatli's  d;irk  gulf,  ami  all  ils  horrors  hides  : 
Praise,  ihe  sweet  exhalation  ol'  oiir  joy, 
That  joy  exalts,  and  makes  it  sweeler  still : 
Prayer  ardeiii.  opens  IJeaveii,  lets  down  a  stream 
Olg^lory  on  the  consecrated  hour 
Of  man  in  audience  wiili  the  Deity? 
AVho  wnrshins  the  grea.1  God,  thai  instant  joins 
The  first  in  Heaven." 


HENRY    BLAKE   MC  CLELLAN.     DECEASED    1833,   36.    22. 
LOT    123,    POPLAR    AVENUE. 

"  We  laiely  mused  beside  thy  peaceful  grave, 

In  Auburn's  sweet  and  consecrated  shades; 

'Twas  Autumn,  and  a  mellow  sunset  cast 

Ils  golden  smile  through  variegated  woods, 

And  sdeiice  waved  her  Iranqnillizing  wing. 

There  rose  Ihe  beech-tree  in  its  dying  pomp, 

The  maple  and  the  sumac  clad  in  gold, 

The  sycamore  in  princely  garments  drest, 

And  the  pale  silvery  birch,  kissed  by  the  glowing  west." 


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ISAAC    WILLIAMS.      LOT    142,    WILLOW   AVENUE. 

"  The  bell  strikes  oue.     We  lake  no  note  of  lime 

Bu;  from  its  loss:  logive  it  then  a  tonijuo 

Is  wise  in  man. —  If  heard  aright, 

It  is  the  knell  of  our  departed  hours. 

Wliere  are  tliey  ?  With  the  years  beyond  the  flood; 

It  is  the  signal  that  demands  despatch  : 

How  much  is  to  be  done  !  my  hopes  and  fears 

Look  down— on  what  ?   A  fathomless  abyss. 

A  dread  eternity!  how  surely  mine! 

And  can  eternity  belong  to  me, 

Poor  pensioner  on  the  boujuies  o(  an  hour  ?  " 


EPWIN    BUCKINGHAM,    DIED    1833,   86.    23   YEARS. 
LOT    134.    WILLOW    AVENUE. 

"Rest,  Loved  One,  rest —  beneath  the  billow's  swell, 
AVhere  tongue  ne'er  spoke,  where  sunlight  never  fell ; 
Rest — till  the  God  who  gave  thee  to  the  deep, 
Rouse  thee,  triumphant,  from  the  long,  long  sleep. 
And  you,  whose  hearts  are  bleeding,  who  deplore 
That  ye  must  see  your  Edwin's  face  no  more, 
AVeep — lie  was  worthy  of  the  purest  grief; 
Weep— in  .such  .sorrow  ye  shall  find  relief; 
While  o'er  his  doom,  the  bitter  tear  ye  shed, 
Memory  shall  trace  the  virtues  of  the  dead  ; 
These  cannot  die  !    for  you,  for  him,  they  bloom. 
And  scatter  fragrance  round  his  ocean-tomb." 


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REV.    JOSEPH  TUCKERMAN.      LOT   222.    OAK   AVENUE. 

Copied  from  the  monument. 

"For  twent3'-five  years  a  faithful  minisler  of  Jesus  Christ  in  the  vil- 
lage of  Chelsea,  and  for  fourteen  years  a  devoted  missionary  to  the 
suffering  and  neglected  of  the  city  of  Boston.  His  best  monument  is  the 
ministry  at  large  ;    his  appropriate  title,  the  Friend  of  the  poor." 

3d  compartment — "Born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Jan.  18,  1778;  Died  in 
Cuba,  W.  I.,  April  20,  1840." 

4th  side — "  This  monument  is  erected  by  friends  to  whom  his  mem- 
ory is  dear  for  the  services  he  rendered,  and  the  impulse  he  gave  to  the 
cause  of  Christian  Philanthropy. 


THOMAS   WETMORE.      LOT   581,    ALDER   PATH. 

"  O  Contemplation  !  I  do  love 

To  indulge  Ihy  grateful  musings  :  AVhy  along 

The  dusty  track  of  commerce  should  I  toil, 

When  with  an  easy  competence,  content, 

I  can  alone  be  hajipy,  —  and  loose  the  wings  of  Fancy  ? 

And  to  be  happy  here,  is  man's  chief  end  ; 

Anil  to  be  happy,  he  must  fain  be  good  1  " 


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GARDNER   CREENLEAF's   LOT   NO.  74,    ALDER   PATH. 


"The  dead,  the  much-loved  dead! 

Who  doth  not  yearn  to  know 
The  secret  of  their  dwellinfr  place, 

And  to  what  land  they  go  ! 
Wlial  heart  but  asks  with  ceaseless  tone 
For  «oine  sure  knowledge  of  its  own  .'" 


"Ye  are  not  dead  !o  us  ; 

But  as  bright  siars  unseen, 
We  hold  that  ye  are  ever  near. 

Though  death  intrudes  between, 
I<ike  some  thin  cloud,  that  veds  from  sight 
The  countless  spangles  of  the  iiighl." 


HON.   JOSEPH   STORY,  L  L.  D.      LOT   313,    NARCISSUS   PATH. 

"  Death  !  great  proprietor  of  all !  'lis  thine 

To  cast  0111  empire,  and  to  quench  the  stars  ; 

The  sun  by  thy  permission,  brilliant  shines, 

But  one  day  thou  shall  pluck  him  from  his  sphere, 

And  in  this  mighty  plunder,  was  thy  inark  on  me, 

Insatiate  archer  1  once  could  nut  suffice. 

Thy  shafts  flew  thrice,  and  thrice  my  peace  was  slain." 


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JOHN   W.    WEBSTER.      LOT   361,   NARCISSUS   PATH. 

"  Henceforth  I  learn,  ihat  to  obey  is  best, 

And  love  with  fear  the  only  God  ;  to  walk 

As  ia  his  presence  ;  ever  to  observe 

His  providence  ;  and  on  him  sole  depend, 

Merciful  o'er  all  his  works,  with  good 

Still  overcoming'  evil,  and  by  small 

Accomplishing  great  things  by  things  deemed  weak. 

Subverting  w'orldly  strong,  and  worldly  wise, 

By  simply  meek  ;  that  suffering  for  truth's  sake 

Is  fortitude  to  highest  victory, 

And  to  the  faithful,  death  the  gate  of  life  I" 


HENRY   OXNARD.      LOT  364.      NARCISSUS   PATH. 

"  Celestial  Happiness!  w^hene'er  she  stoops 
To  visit  Earth,  one  shrine  the  goddess  finds, 
And  one  alone,  to  make  her  sweet  amends 
For  absent  Heaven — the  bosom  of  a  friend ; 
Where  heart  meets  heart,  reciprocally  soft, 
Each  other's  pillow  to  repose  divine." 


4* 


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CLEMENT   DURGIN.       I.OT   433.    NARCISSUS    PATH. 

"Clement  Durgin,  Associate  principal  of  Chauncy  Hall  School,  Boston, 
born  Sept.  29,  1802,  died  Sept.  30,  1833  :  a  student  and  lover  of  nature,  ia 
her  wonders,  he  saw  and  acknowledged  and  through  them  adored  her 
benificent  Author:  his  life  was  a  beautiful  illustration  of  his  philosophy 
— his  death,  of  the  triumph  of  his  faith  :  his  pupils  have  reared  this 
mouument  as  an  imperfect  memorial  of  their  great  affection  and  respect." 


NATHANIEL   FAXON.      LOT   384    NARCISSUS    PATH 

"There  I  placed 
A  frail  memorial, — ihal  when  again 
I  should  revisit  it,  the  thought  might  come 
Of  the  dull  tide  of  life,  and  that  yure  spring 
Which  he  who  drinks  of,  never  shall  thirst  more." 


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TOMB    OF    WM.    P.    WINCHESTER.       LOT    380,    NARCISSUS    PATH. 
Arthur  Gilman,  Arcliilect. 


MARTIN   BRIMMER.      LOT    3!M.   INDIAN   RIDGE   PATH. 


"The  departed !  the  departed! 

They  visit  us  in  dreams, 
And  they  glide  above  our  memories, 

Like  shadows  over  streams  ; 
But  where  the  cheerful  lights  of  liome 

In  constant  lustre  burn, 
The  departed  I  the  departed! 

Can  never  more  return  ! 


Thesrood.  the  brave,  the  beautiful! 

How  dreamless  is  their  sleep, 
Where  rolls  the  dirge-iike  music 

Of  the  ever-tossing  deep  : — 
Or  where  tlie  hurrying  night  winds 

Pale  winter  robes  have  spread, 
Above  the  narrow  palaces. 

In  the  cities  of  the  dead!" 


■"OP^^^^^^-i:'^';;;::  -y-^^'^^ 


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GEORG£   BOKD.      LOT    156,  INDIAN   RIDGE   PATH. 

"Lost  Friend,  I  shrink  to  say,  so  frail  are  we — 
So  like  the  brief  ephemeron  that  wheels 
Its  momoutary  rouiul,  ^ve  scarce  can  weep 
Our  own  bereavements,  ere  we  haste  to  share 
The  clay  with  those  we  mourn." 


BENJAMIN   SEAVER,      LOT    158,    INDIAN   RIDGE   PATH. 

"I  looked  on  manhood's  towering  form 

Like  some  tall  Oak  when  tempests  blow, 
That  scorns  the  fnry  of  the  storm 

And  strongly  strikes  its  roots  below  : 
Again  I  looked— with  idjot  cower 
His  vacant  eye's  unmeaning  ray, 
Told  how  the  mind  of  godlike  power 
Passeth  away." 


^•'T^- 


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SAMUEL   GREENLEAF.      LOT   409,    INDIAN   RIDGE   PATH. 

"  Angel  of  dealli !  did  no  presaging  sign 

Announce  thy  coming,  and  thy  way  prepare  ? 

No  warning  voice,  no  hiirbinger  was  ihine  — 

Danger  and  fear  seemed  past  —  hui  thou  wer't  there  ! 

Prophetic  sounds  along  the  earihquake's  path  — 

Forf^lel  tlie  hour  of  Nature's  awful  throes  ; 

And  the  volcano,  ere  it  hursis  in  wrath, 

Sends  forth  some  herald  from  its  dread  repose  : 

But  thou  dark  Spirit  I  swifl  and  unforeseen, 

Cam'stlike  the  lightning's  flash,  when  heaven  was  all  serene." 


ENOCH    PATTERSON,       LOT    438,    INDIAN    RIDGE    PATH. 
"Jbr  this  mortal  must  put  on  immortality.'' 

TO    THE   MEMORT   OF    DAVID   PATTERSON. 

"  He  sleeps  beneath  the  blue  lone  sea, 
He  lies  where  pearls  the  deep, 
He  was  the  loved  of  all;  yet  none 
O'er  his  low  bed  may  weep." 


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ALEXANDER   WADSWORTH.      LOT   431.    INDIAN   RIDGE   PATH. 

An  infant  son,  born  March  25,  died  March  9,  1837. 

"Before  tli3  lieart  might  loam  I  "Shall  love  wiih  weak  embrace 

In  waywanliiess  lo  slray,  |  Thy  heavenward  flight  dotaiii  ? 

Before  the  fool  could  turn  |  No!  Angels  seek  ihy  place 

The  dark  and  downward  way ;  "  |  Among  yon  cherub-train." 


NATHANIEL   FRANCIS.      LOT    333,    INDIAN   RIDGE   PATH. 

"  For  them  no  more  the  blazing  hearth  shall  burn, 

Or  busy  liousewife  ply  lier  evening  care  : 
No  children  run  to  lisp  their  sire's  return, 

Or  climb  his  knees  the  envied  kiss  to  share. 
Full  many  a  gem  of  purest  ray  serene, 

The  dark  unfalhorn'd  caves  of  ocean  bear  ; 
Full  many  a  flower  is  born  to  blush  unseen, 

And  waste  its  sweetness  on  the  desert  air. 
Oh.  who,  to  dumb  forgetfulness  a  prey, 

This  pleasing  anxious  being  e'er  resign'd, 
Left  the  warm  precincts  of  the  cheerful  day, 

Nor  cast  one  longing,  lingering  look  behind." 


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JOHN   TAPPAN's    monument.      LOT   307. 


At  the  junction  of  Linden  and  Narcissus  Paths  is  a  broken  shaft,  as  an 
emblem  of  an  unfinished  course  of  life ;  with  a  rose  bush  limb,  from 
which  five  of  its  flowers  and  buds  have  been  broken  off,  leaving  five 
roses  on  the  principal  stem ;  betokening  the  number  of  the  social  circle 
alive  and  deceased. 


*'No  bitter  tears  for  thee  be  shed, 

Blossom  of  being !  dead  and  gone  ! 

With  flowers  alone  we  strew  thy  bed, 
O  blest  departed  one  ! 

When  all  of  life,  a  rosy  ray 

Blushed  into  dawn,  and  passed  away." 


LEVI  THAXTER.      LOT   406,   LINDEN   PATH. 

God  is  love. 

■'Thou  wer't  so  like  a  form  of  light, 

That  Heaven  benignly  called  thee  hence, 
Ere  yet  the  world  could  breathe  one  blight 

O'er  thy  sweet  innocence  : 
And  thou,  that  bright  home  to  bless, 
Ilast  passed  with  all  thy  loveliness." 


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DR.   JACOB    BIOELOW.      LOT    116,    BEKCH   AVENUE. 

Joyous  we  move  when  healili  inciles  ihe  veins, 
Anil  genius  Houts  in  l)ri|;li)  ellieriul  sir:tiii:s! 
Bui  when  di.seitse,  ihe  Irame  wiili  p:\l.sy  clings, 
And  the  mind  lirood.<  on  lethal,  hidi-cuis  llungs, 
Kxcilsior  head,  ihe  life-sprnigs  sugelv  scan, 
Makes  pure  the  blood  und  reiiovaus  Ihe  niuii.  N.  o. 


STONE   AND  STEVE.NS.      LOT   ON    BEECH   AVENUE. 
"We  see  tlie  circling-  hunt  of  noisy  men 
Burst  law's  enclosure,  leap  the  mounds  ol'  right, 
Pursuing  and  pursued,  each  other's  prey, 
As  wolves  for  rapine,  as  the  fox  for  wiles. 
Till  Death,  thai  mighty  hunter  earth's  them  all. 
Why  all  this  toil  for  triumphs  of  an  hour? 
What  though  we  wade  in  wealth,  or  soar  in  fame? 
Earth's  brightest  station  ends  in  "here  he  lies;" 
And  "dust  to  dust,"  concludes  her  noblest  song." 


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JESSE   PUTNAM.      LOT   473,    BEACH   AVENUE. 

"  'T  is  nig^ht,  and  the  landscape  is  lovely  no  more  : 

I  mourn,  but,  ye  woodlands,  1  mourn  not  for  you; 
For  morn  is  approaching',  your  charms  to  restore, 

I'erfumed  with  fresh  fragrance,  and  glittering  with  dew  ; 
And  darkness  and  doubt  are  now  flying  away, 

No  longer  I  roam  in  conjecture  forlorn  ; 
So  breaks  on  the  traveler,  faint,  weary,  astray, 

The  bright  and  balmy  effulgence  of  morn. 
See  Truth,  Love  and  Mercy,  in  triumph  descending, 

And  nature  all  glowing  in  Eden's  first  bloom  1 
Oil  the  cold  cheek  of  Death  smiles  and  roses  are  blending, 

And  beauty  immortal  awakes  from  the  tomb." 


THOMAS  H.  PERKINS'  WATCH  DOG,  LOT  108  CENTRAL  AVENUE, 

As  history  makes  record  of  so  many  acts  of  fidelity,  watchfulness  and 
sagacity  of  the  Dog,  it  is  here  considered  appropriate  to  place  him,  as 
an  apparent  guard  to  the  remains  ol  the  family  who  were  his  friends; 
it  was  sculptured  in  Italy  from  the  purest  Italian  marble. 


50 


REV.    FREDERICK   T.    GRAY:      LOT    1843,    HIBISCUS   PATH. 

Is  a  lowly,  neat  monument  of  a  Bible  opened,  encircled  with  a  branch 
of  Olive,  resting  on  an  inclined  slab,  supported  by  a  marble  base. 


"How  beautiful  on  all  the  hills 

The  crimson  light  is  shed! 
•Tis  like  llie  peace  the  Christian  gives 

To  mourners  rounil  his  beJ. 

How  mildly  on  the  wandering  cloud 

The  sunset  beam  is  cast ! 
'Tis  like  the  memory  let'l  behind 

AVhen  loved  ones  breathe  llieir  last.' 


"And  now,  above  the  dews  of  uighl, 
The  yellow  star  appears; 

So  fuitli  springs  in  the  heart  of  those 
AVliose  eyes  are  bathed  in  tears. 

But  soon  the  morning's  happier  light 

Its  glory  shall  restore, 
And  eyelids  that  are  sealed  in  death 

Shall  wake  to  close  no  more  " 


it&EA-'^^S'''^^*-*'' 


COGSWELL,   LOT  1142.  JUNCTION  OF  CENTRAL  AND  CYPRUS  AT. 

"A  part  how  small  of  the  terraqueous  globe 

Is  lenanied  by  man.' — the  rest  a  waste. 

Rocks,  deserts,  frozen  seas,  and  burning  sands! 

Wild  haunts  of  monsters,  poisons,  stings,  and  death. 

Such  is  Kunh's  melancholy  map  I  but,  far 

More  .'sadl  this  earth  Is  a  true  map  of  man  : 

So  bounded  are  its  haughty  lord's  delights 

To  woe's  wl<le  empire,  where  deep  troublos  toss, 

Loud  sorrows  howl,  envenomed  passions  bile, 

And  threatening  Fate  wide  opens  to  devour." 


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SLAB   AT   THE   NORTHEVST   PART   OF  THE   PUBLIC    LOT, 
ON    CYPRESS   AVENUE. 


f  ShelivecTuntaumniaiK]  tew  c  oidcl  Ioiom^ 

I  Bntshe  isii;her  Orav**^  imd,OJ  . 
;  TM  difTereiuetOoiie  . 


FAITH   AND    THE    CROSS.       MARIA  LOUISA    FORD. 

"  Farewell  my  best  beloved  !  whose  heavenly  mind, 
Genius  with  viriue,  .■'ireiiarih  with  sot'iuess  joined; 
Devotion,  uiiileliased  by  pride  or  an, 
■NViih  mucli  simplicity,  and  joy  of  heart : 
Tlio'  spri<rhtly,  gentle,  ihoug^h  polite,  sincere  ; 
And  only  of  thyself  a  judge  severe  ; 
Thou  was't  beyond  what  verse  or  speech  can  tell 
My  ijuide,  my   riend,  my  best  beloved,  farewell!" 


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ELDREDGE    MONUMENT.       EGLANTINE    PATH, 

This  monument  is  on  Eglantine  Path,  Lot  1539,  owned  by  C.  F.  Bagley. 


SAMUEL   STORY,    JR.,    LUPINE    PATH,  NEAR  SPRUCE  AV. 

•■■  O  Tliou  I  who.se  woril  from  solid  ilarkiiPSS  struck 
Tlial  spark,  llie  Sim  :  .strike  wi.-icldui  iVoiu  my  soul ; 
.My  soul,  ^vllic■ll  fiii-s  to  iliee,  lipr  irusi,  lier  treasure, 
As  iiii.-ers  lo  ilieir  gold,  while  others  rest  : 
Through  iliis  opaque  ot"  Nature  ami  of  Soul, 
This  double  night,  iraiisinit  one  piiyiiig  ray, 
To  Iij;-hteii  and  lo  cheer.     O  lead  my  mind 
(A  niiud  thai  fain  would  wander  from  its  woe.) 
I, pad  it  tliron<.'h  various  scenes  of  lilo  and  UeatI,, 
And  from  each  scene  the  noblest  truths  inspire." 


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TOUCH   NOT  THE  FLOWERS. 

BY  MRS.    C.  W.  HUNT. 


"  O,  do  not  pluck  the  flowers  ;  they  are  sacred  to  the  dead." 


Touch  not  the  flowers,  the  cherished  flowers, 

The  festal  gift  of  summer  hours; 

They're  holy  things;  Tliey  bloom  to  shed 

A  gladening  radiance  round  the  dead; 

Their  glowing  cups  and  sweet  perfume 

Dissolve  the  shadows  of  the  tomb; 

'Twas  no  vain  love, — the  love  that  gave 

Their  vernal  freshness  to  the  grave. 

The  snowy  marble's  sculptured  height, 

May  seem  to  thee  a  prouder  sight. 

Ami  ye  may  read  in  language  fair, 

Higli  names  and  deeds  emblazoned  there; 

But  can  its  gorgeous  splendor  vie 

With  the  imperial  lily's  dye? 

lis  shrine  a  purer  record  be 

Of  all  that  binds  the  lost  to  thee? 

Touch  not  the  flowers ;  we  know  not  death 

Amid  their  loveliness-,   each  \vrealh 

That  floats  upon  ihe  summer  gale 

Bears  saddening  tones  t'rom  sorrow's  wail ; 

O!  can  ye  mark  their  bloom,  nor  feel 

The  truth  their  bursting  buds  reveal, 

That  earth  her  sacred  trust  must  yield, 

AVhether  from  bower  or  tented  field? 

There,  where  yon  simple  daisy  rears 

lis  smiling  head,  with  many  tears 

They  laid  a  fair  young  bride  lo  rest, 

Touch  not  the  flower  her  love  hath  blest ; 


AVilhin  its  clustering  petals  lie 

Memories  and  hopes  that  cannot  die  ; 

Her  spirit  o'er  its  leaves  hath  shed 

A  life  that  animates  the  dead. 

Ho^v  vain  the  costly  pile  to  rear 

O'er  those  who  scorned  such  trappings  here; 

Swift  lime,  with  strong,  o'ermasiering  power, 

Prostrates  high  tomb,  and  lowly  flower; 

But  summer's  breezes  shall  reiiew 

The  rose's  bloom,  the  violet's  hue; 

Not  so  the  carved  and  fretted  slone — 

It  springs  no  more  ;  its  glory's  gone. 

Touch  not  the  flowers  ;  O,  can  ihere  be. 

Childhood,  a  holier  type  of  tliee  ? 

A  fitter  image  of  thy  doom 

Than  the  wild  floweret's  transient  bloom? 

Let  the  pure  sculpture  gleam  for  him 

Before  whose  breath  the  world  grew  dim, 

But  spare  to  purily  the  shrine 

Upspringing  by  a  band  divine. 

Touch  not  the  flowers  ;  the  fervent  prayer, 

Poured  o'er  the  erring  slumberer  there. 

On   incense  pinions  shall  arise. 

With  blissful  chaslenings  to  the  skies. 

God  speaks  in  every  glorious  hue, 

Bright  words  of  promise  unto  you  ; 

O'er  all  his  healing  love  he  sheds  : 

Touch  not  ihe  flowers.     They  are  the  dead's. 


FAREWELL  OF  THE  SOUL  TO  THE  BODY, 

BY   MRS.   L.    H.   SIGOURKEY. 


Companion  dear!  the  hour  draws  nigh, 
The  sentence  speeds — to  die,  to  die. 
So  long  in  mystic  union  held. 
So  clo.^e  with  strong  embrace  compell'd. 
How  canst  thou  bear  the  dread  decree. 
That  strikes  thy  clasping  nerves  from  me? 
—To  Him  who  on  this  mortal  shore, 
The  same  encircling  vestment  wore. 
To  Him  I  look,  lo  Him  I  bend, 
To  Him  thy  shuddering  frame  commend. 
— If  1  have  ever  raus'd  thee  pain. 
The  throbbing  breast,  the  burning  brain, 
With  cares  and  vigils  lurn'd  thee  pale, 
And  scorn'd  thee  when  thy  strength  did  fail- 
Forgive  I — Forgive  I — thy  task  doth  cease. 
Friend!  Lover! — let  us  part  in  peace — 
If  thou  didst  sometimes  check  my  force, 
Or,  trifling,  stay  mine  upward  course. 
Or  lure  from  Heaven  my  wavering  trust. 
Or  bow  my  drooping  wing  to  dust — 
I  blame  thee  not,  the  strife  is  done, 
I  knew  thou  wert  the  weaker  one, 
The  vase  of  earth,  the  trembling  clod. 
Constrained  to  hold  the  breath  of  God. 

Well  hast  thou  in  my  service  wrought, 

Thy  brow  hath  mirror'd  forth  my  thought. 
To  wear  my  smile  thy  lip  hath  glow'd, 
Thy  tear,  to  speak  my  sorrows,  flowed, 
Thine  car  hath  borne  me  rich  supplies 
Of  sweetly  varied  melodies, 
Thv  hands  my  prompted  deeds  have  done, 


Thy  feet  upon  mine  errands  run — 
Yes,  thou  hast  mark'd  my  bidding  well. 
Faithful  and  true  I  farewell,  farewell. 
— Go  to  thy  rest.    A  quiet  bed 
Meek  mother  Earth  with  flowers  shall  spread, 
Where  I  no  more  thy  sleep  may  break 
With  fever'd  dream,  nor  rudely  wake 
Thy  wearied  eye. 

Oh,  quit  thy  hold, 
For  thou  art  faint,  and  chill,  and  cold. 
And  long  thy  gasp  and  groan  of  pain 
Have  bound  me  pitying  in  thy  chain, 
Though  angels  urge  me  hence  lo  soar, 
"  Where  I  shall  share  thine  ills  no  more, 
— Yet  we  shall  meet.    To  soothe  thy  pain 
Remember — we  shall  meet  again. 
Quell  with  this  hope  the  victor's  sting, 
And  keep  it  as  a  signet-ring, 
When  the  dire  worm  shall  pierce  thy  breast. 
And  nought  bul  ashes  mark  thy  rest, 
AVhen  stars  shall  fall  and  skies  grow  dark. 
And  proud  suns  quench  their  glow-worm  spark, 
Keep  thou  that  hope,  to  light  thy  gloom. 
Till  the  last  trumpet  rends  the  tomb. 
— Then  shall  thou  glorious  rise,  and  fair. 
Nor  spot,  nor  stain,  nor  wrinkle  bear. 
And,  I  with  hovering  wing  dale, 
The  bursting  of  thy  bonds  shall  wait. 
And  breathe  the  welcome  of  the  sky — 
"No  more  to  part,  no  more  lo  die, 
Co  heir  of  Immortality." 


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EAIIING,  BALUSTRADE,  &C.,  &C. 


Corner  of  Causeway  and  Friend  Sts., 

BOSTON, 

MANUFACTURE  Iron  Fence  and  Railing,  of  the 
latest  and  most  approved  Patterns,  for  CEMETERY 
LOTS,  Houses,  Parks  or  Squares,  &c.  Balustrade 
and  Balcony  Railing,  of  the  most  tasty  patterns,  put 
up  at  the  shortest  notice,  and  on  the  most  satisfactory 
terras. 

Buyers  are  requested  to  call  and  examine  patterns 
before  examinino;  elsewhere. 


D.  &  R.  also  manufacture  all  kinds  of  Smith  Work 
and  Machinery.  CHRITCHERSON'S  IMPROVED 
CRACKER  MACHINE,  and  a  superior  article  of 
FIRE-PROOF  SAFE. 


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Monuments,   Grave   Stones,  Chimney  Pieces,  Table 

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and  Flagging. 

Nos.  15, 17, 19,  and  60  Haverlull  Street, 

and  4,  6,  8,  10,  and  12  Beverly  Street, 


ARIOCH  WENTWORTH, 
EMERY  T.  STANIELS, 


ALONZO  BURBANK, 
J.  MILTON  ROBERTS, 


J.  TURNER  SPARRELL,  JR. 


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